Reviews
Fall 2020 Course Evaluation Timelines
Fall Quarter course evaluations will open on Monday, November 16th, and will close on Friday, December 4th. While this means that course evaluations are open for almost 3 weeks, which is longer than normal, it mirrors a traditional quarter in that course evaluations...
Faculty Senate Teaching Evaluation Task Force Motion
The Senate, in partnership with the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs, seeks to improve DU’s methods of course evaluation and teaching review for the purpose of annual reviews, promotion, and reappointment. The full motion can be viewed here.
Faculty Senate Teaching Evaluation Task Force Motion
The Senate, in partnership with the Vice Provost of Faculty Affairs, seeks to improve DU’s methods of course evaluation and teaching review for the purpose of annual reviews, promotion, and reappointment. See Full Motion Here
Reminder on Teaching Evaluations as Part of Annual Reviews for Spring Term 2020
The deans and provost have agreed not to use spring 2020 course evaluations in isolation to make decisions that affect employment. Though the format and process for course and instructor evaluations have remained the same, faculty are encouraged to discuss their...
New Chair and Continuing Chair Training
In August, the Chair Development group hosted two orientation sessions via Zoom. The first session was for all chairs and focused on the topic of “Chairing in Crisis.” The second session was for new chairs and included an introduction to the chair handbook website and...
Annual Review Date Delayed
This year, in order to provide faculty, chairs, directors, and deans more time to complete annual reviews, the Provost's Office extended the final due date. Deans may adjust their review timeline according to their preference, providing additional time for faculty...
Teaching Evaluation Task Force
In partnership with the Faculty Senate, the VPFA plans to improve the University of Denver’s course evaluation and teaching review methods through a newly-approved Faculty Senate Teaching Evaluation Task Force motion. The task force will focus on and create structures...
Faculty Mentoring from GSSW
The Graduate School of Social Work (GSSW) is in the process of piloting a mentoring program for all faculty ranks and line types, beginning with pre-tenure faculty in the 2019-2020 academic year. This year’s pilot includes an orientation meeting for new pre-tenure...
Huddle Meetings with Associate Deans
In December, we had our first Associate Dean Huddle with associate deans who work most closely with faculty (or who are the only associate dean in a unit whose work therefore includes faculty affairs). We are planning to meet every 60 to 90 days to discuss issues and...
Defining Unsatisfactory Job Performance
In May 2017, the Faculty Senate approved the Policies and Procedures for Faculty Development, Job Responsibility Distributions and Peer-to-Peer Conversations.